Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. From 5.4.0 until 5.5.4, AppendLinePolygon in src/api/pagerenderer.cpp destroys the caller-owned right-to-left Pta accumulator while receiving it by value, leaving line_top_rtl_pts and line_bottom_rtl_pts dangling. On an upright Hebrew or Arabic page at the default PAGE XML level, POLYGONFLAG with a false skewed_flag enters the vulnerable calls, while LEVELFLAG greater than zero provides an alternative gate. The calls repeatedly read and free the stale object, causing a double free and use after free and allowing corrupted coordinates to reach RecalcPolygonline. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.4.
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/security/advisories/GHSA-vf7v-2h4f-6f4j
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.5.4
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/pull/4647
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/commit/fa52414ff1fd13ae4b00048d2498f9141b0bc2eb
Published: 2026-10-30
Updated: 2026-10-30
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00138